Gautaman Bhaskaran

I am a film and theatre critic, columnist and author having worked in two of India’s best regarded daily newspapers, The Statesman in Kolkata and The Hindu in Chennai, for 35 years.

My authorised biography of India's auteur director, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, has just been published by Penguin/Viking. The research for the book was funded by New York's Ford Foundation. The helmer’s latest film, A Climate for Crime, has travelled round the world, including Toronto, Nantes, Warsaw, Munich, Deauville and Dubai.

I am now India Editor of Free Malaysia Today and Editor South Asia of The Seoul Times. I am also a regular writer for the Hindustan Times, one of India’s largest selling English dailies, a columnist for the Gulf Times in Doha, Qatar, and a contributor for The Japan Times, Japan’s leading English newspaper. 

I cover major movie festivals the world over. I have covered Cannes alone for 23 years, Venice for 15. Also cover Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Marrakech, Goa and Mumbai.

My website is gautamanbhaskaran.com